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Pagina 2
... passing travellers looked too remote and dim to disturb the sense of privacy . In its near re- tirement and accessible seclusion it was the very spot for the residence of a clergyman , — a man not estranged from human life , yet ...
... passing travellers looked too remote and dim to disturb the sense of privacy . In its near re- tirement and accessible seclusion it was the very spot for the residence of a clergyman , — a man not estranged from human life , yet ...
Pagina 8
... passed since the battle day . On the farther shore , over- hung by a clump of elder bushes , we discern the stone abutment of the bridge . Looking down into the river , I once discovered some heavy fragments of the timbers , all green ...
... passed since the battle day . On the farther shore , over- hung by a clump of elder bushes , we discern the stone abutment of the bridge . Looking down into the river , I once discovered some heavy fragments of the timbers , all green ...
Pagina 10
... passed into eternity from the bat- tlefields of the revolution , these two nameless soldiers led the way . Lowell , the poet , as we were once standing over this grave , told me a tradition in reference to one of the inhabitants below ...
... passed into eternity from the bat- tlefields of the revolution , these two nameless soldiers led the way . Lowell , the poet , as we were once standing over this grave , told me a tradition in reference to one of the inhabitants below ...
Pagina 17
... passing breeze , with the certainty that somebody must profit by it , and that there would be a little more honey in the world to allay the sourness and bitterness which mankind is always complaining of . Yes , indeed ; my life was the ...
... passing breeze , with the certainty that somebody must profit by it , and that there would be a little more honey in the world to allay the sourness and bitterness which mankind is always complaining of . Yes , indeed ; my life was the ...
Pagina 26
... passing day and year without the remotest pretension or idea of permanence . There were a few old newspapers , and still older almanacs , which re- produced to my mental eye the epochs when they had issued from the press with a distinct ...
... passing day and year without the remotest pretension or idea of permanence . There were a few old newspapers , and still older almanacs , which re- produced to my mental eye the epochs when they had issued from the press with a distinct ...
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
amid Aminadab Apollyon appeared aspect Aylmer Baglioni Beatrice beautiful behold birthmark bosom breath Bullfrog calash Celestial City cheek clouds companion cried dark dearest deep dream earth earthly eyes face Faith fancy Feathertop figure fingers fire flowers forest fountain garden gaze Georgiana Giovanni glance gleam glow Goodman Brown Gookin guest Hall of Fantasy hand Hawthorne head heart heaven human husband idea imagination inhabitants leaves light looked man's mankind ment mind Monsieur du Miroir moral Mother Rigby Nathaniel Hawthorne nature never Old Manse Padua pale perhaps pipe poor pretty puff Rappaccini replied rich river scarecrow seemed shadow shrub Signor smile smoke Smooth-it-away soul spirit stood strange sunshine thee thing thou thought thrust tion trees truth unsub Vanity Fair visage voice whiff whispered whole wife window witch withered woman wonder worshipful wrought young young Goodman Brown youth
Populaire passages
Pagina 95 - ... more words, he threw his companion the maple stick, and was as speedily out of sight as if he had vanished into the deepening gloom. The young man sat a few moments by the roadside, applauding himself greatly, and thinking with how clear a conscience he should meet the minister in his morning walk, nor shrink from the eye of good old Deacon Gookin.
Pagina 114 - All about the pool into which the water subsided grew various plants, that seemed to require a plentiful supply of moisture for the nourishment of gigantic leaves, and, in some instances, flowers gorgeously magnificent. There was one shrub in particular, set in a marble vase in the midst of the pool, that bore a profusion of purple blossoms, each of which had the lustre and richness of a gem ; and the whole together made a show so resplendent that it seemed enough to illuminate the garden, even had...
Pagina 93 - Then Goody Cloyse knows her old friend?" observed the traveller, confronting her and leaning on his writhing stick. "Ah, forsooth, and is it your worship indeed?" cried the good dame. "Yea, truly is it, and in the very image of my old gossip, Goodman Brown, the grandfather of the silly fellow that now is. But— would your worship believe it?— my broomstick hath strangely disappeared, stolen, as I suspect, by that unhanged witch, Goody Cory, and that, too, when I was all anointed with the juice...
Pagina 95 - Friend," said he, stubbornly, "my mind is made up. Not another step will I budge on this errand. What if a wretched old woman do choose to go to the devil when I thought she was going to heaven: is that any reason why I should quit my dear Faith and go after her?
Pagina 89 - As nearly as could be discerned, the second traveller was about fifty years old, apparently in the same rank of life as Goodman Brown, and bearing a considerable resemblance to him, though perhaps more in expression than features. Still they might have been taken for father and son.
Pagina 88 - Indian behind every tree,' said Goodman Brown to himself; and he glanced fearfully behind him as he added, 'What if the devil himself should be at my very elbow...
Pagina 63 - Oh, do not tremble, my love," said her husband. "I would not wrong either you or myself by working such inharmonious effects upon our lives; but I would have you consider how trifling, in comparison, is the skill requisite to remove this little hand.
Pagina 99 - Each pendent twig and leafy festoon was in a blaze. As the red light arose and fell, a numerous congregation alternately shone forth, then disappeared in shadow, and again grew, as it were, out of the darkness, peopling the heart of the solitary woods at once. "A grave and dark-clad company,
Pagina 98 - Ha! ha! ha!" roared Goodman Brown when the wind laughed at him. "Let us hear which will laugh loudest. Think not to frighten me with your deviltry. Come witch, come wizard, come Indian powwow, come devil himself, and here comes Goodman Brown. You may as well fear him as he fear you.
Pagina 90 - They were my good friends, both; and many a pleasant walk have we had along this path, and returned merrily after midnight. I would fain be friends with you for their sake.